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Indian National Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha; the principal parliamentary rival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Delhi protesters demand the chief election commissioner resign over a purge of more than 130 million names from draft voter lists, Foreign Affairs reports. It judges Modi in no danger of falling, yet calls the protests the most significant challenge to his authority since 2014.
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India's Cockroach Janata Party says at least 10,000 people were detained before its Saturday march in Delhi, a figure authorities have not confirmed. The group wants election chief Gyanesh Kumar to resign over the revision of India's voter rolls.
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Elon Musk accused unnamed Indian 'oligarchs' of blocking Starlink to guard a market where Jio and Airtel hold over 80% share. Both operators signed Starlink rollout deals with SpaceX last year, CNBC reported. The launch Musk wants runs through the companies he is attacking.
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Indian police detained thousands of 'Cockroach' youth protesters in New Delhi on Saturday to stop a march against the voter-list revision. The Hindu put the count above 3,000, and the closures ordered to get there show how far the government will go to defend a revision the opposition says favours Modi's party.
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Tariffs, secondary-sanction threats and White House warmth toward Pakistan and China have not moved New Delhi. What holds the line is a political choice with an expiry clause.
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